Employees traveling to appointments will be paid for their travel times Workers who spend time getting to and from their appointments without a fixed office should be paid for that time, the European Court of Justice has ruled, the BBC reports.
Undocumented workers aren't the only ones subjected to backbreaking work conditions and wage discrimination; legal migrant workers also experience the same workplace drawbacks.
The list of employers who are abusing employees' rights grows with 109 added to the government blacklist which prevents those employers from borrowing money until they improve conditions. A majority of the workers were urbanites last year, but this year the targeted companies were rural.
Formerly known as International Worker's Day, May Day traditionally represents a celebration of workers' rights. However, during the past decade in the U.S, it has become a day to advocate for several issues, including immigration reform and raising the national minimum wage. "Si se puede!" -- Yes, we can -- rang throughout the air as immigration reform and undocumented immigrants' rights were the main focus of this year's march.
On any given day around the U.S. more than 100,000 men and women can be found looking for work on selected street corners commonly known in the Hispanic community as "paradas."
Lawmakers in France signed a labor agreement deal Friday that requires employers in the technology and consultancy industries to prohibit employees from checking emails and other work-related material on their computers or smartphones outside of work.
The Free LA: No More ICE event was one of 10 similar rallies staged in Southern California, which were all part of about 70 #Not1More demonstrations held across the nation.
As the bipartisan immigration reform bill and its path to citizenship work through the Senate, California lawmakers are trying to pass bills to protect workers, including undocumented ones, from intimidation by business owners.
